Improvement in peicil-sheate



JOHN BANNER, OF GANTONQOHIO.

Letters Patent No. 78,931, dated June I6, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN PENCIL-SHEATH.

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TO ALL WHOM 'MAY CONGERN:

Be it known that I, JOBN'DNNER, of Canton, in the county of Stark, and State of Ohio, have 'invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Pencil-Point Protector und Pencil-Holder; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of`this specification, inwhicl1 l Figure 1 represents the article in question, with apenoil placed therein.

Figure 2 represents a vertical section through the same, and

Figure 3 represents'the rubber holder for protecting the point ofthe pencil.

Similar letters of reference where they occur in the separate figures denote like parts in all ofthe drawings.

My invention consists, first, in a pencil-case or socket, having a rubber or `other elastic lining in therinterior thereof, for protecting the point, and holding the pencil to or in the case. v

To cnable'others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will'prcceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

a represents a metallic case, made of thin sheet metal of any kind, the portion b of which is made larger than the body a, and enough larger to receive and hold an India-rubber or other elastic lining, c, which, for

cheapness and efficiency, may be simply a piece of India-rubber tubing, as shown in iig. 3.

The tube or case a is made to receive any ordinary-sized lcad-p'encil, cl, and when the lining is inserted, its bore Jr-,central opening should beslig'htly less than the diameter of the pencil, so that it will embrace it with friction enough to hold the pencil. v i

The point e of the pencil does not extend to the bottom of the case, but is protected by the lining c, and

if at any time the point of the pencil should descend so far as to come in Contact with the bottom ofthe ease, which is ordinarily of metal, a cushionI or pad of some soft material may be placed in the bottonnor the lower end of the rubber tube, it' that be used, maybe closed, or made in a 4cup-form, for the purposee The enlarged chamber 6 at the bottom of the case is important, not only to hold the lining, and prevent it from being drawn out, but also to allow the lining toycxpa-.xd whenthe pencil is pushed into it. The chamber b ncednot necessarily be at'thc bottom ofthe case, nor is it actually necessary that the bottom 'of the case should bc closed, but it is convenient to malte them in this way.

vThe case a may be atube, and the enlarged portion b at or near the centre ofl it, .so'that'the pencil would be held higher up, whilst the point could not be forced against anythingihard enough to break it oil'.

Thatthe case, and pencil too,when in it, may notfbc lost or dropout of thc pocket, attach to it a fastening, by which it may beunitcd to the clothes.' `In-the drawings, I have shown a hinged'pixnj'for this purpose, the point of which, after ithas been passed through thc clothing, is'sprung into an open eye, g, in the usual, woll-known way. A button, hook, clasp, cyclet, or any other well-known fastening-device, may be usedA instead of the pin and eye, and the case may be fastened thus in the pocket, or to'the outside of tho clothing, which-` ever may be preferred, or two pins may be used on the tube, one' projecting downward and the other upward, and may be slightly serrated or roughencd, so as tolxeld bet-ter in tho cloth. By placing the case in thevpocket or moving it downward, one pin would take in thc fabric, and then, by slightly raising it, the other would take also in the fabric, and the two thusiirmly hold the case. This-kind of fastening would require no dillcult manipulation. l

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi A pencil-case or socket, with a rubber or other 'ilcxiblc or 4elastic lining, c, contained in an enlarged chamber, b, in the inside thereof, Vwhich rubber will, b v its friction, hold a pencil' inserted therein, and protect its,-

point, and be itself held in the chamber by the recessed shoulders thereof, substantially as described. l

JOHN Detente.`

Witnesses:

W. W. Oman,v J. J. Cnnnr. 

